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Our People
Our People
![aerial view of wetlands and snow on the landscape](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/usfws-old-crow-flats-yukon-territoryjpg.png?h=71976bb4&itok=Dqyv42BT)
Migratory Species
Migratory Species
![plane sitting on the water](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Plane%20is%20parked%20on%20the%20water%20in%20Ontario.USFWS_.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=_f3rXkBj)
Migratory Species
Migratory Species
![two people standing in front of an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Crew%20Photo.jpg?h=d8e6c54e&itok=EfaL5Tgr)
![four people standing in front of a truck](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/2023_groundcrewphoto.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=T5WWiX3W)
Migratory Species
![one person sitting on top of and a second person standing in front of an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Sarah%20Yates%20and%20Stacy%20Salvevoldfuel%20up%20N728.Sarah%20Yates.USFWS_.jpg?h=f7e04981&itok=ppkKERfB)
Migratory Species
![selfie of three people in an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Southern%20Saskatchewan%20Crew.PhilThorpe.USFWS_.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=kh0lnrUY)
Migratory Species
![five people standing in front of an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Crew.USFWS_.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=z6K5SzpC)
Migratory Species
![a person looks out the window of a small plane at wetlands below](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Kanuti-plane-Steve-Hillebrand.jpg?h=4ca9cb25&itok=O5nRjx-0)
Our People
![airplane coming in to land on a runway](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/N710%20landing%20in%20Montana%20to%20start%202022%20survey.jpg?h=5dc9785f&itok=Atay5dpI)
Migratory Species
![2 people stand in front of an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Crew%20Photo.jpg?h=9c86ceb9&itok=TxgtxPO-)
Migratory Species
![2 people stand in front of an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Service%20Pilot%20Biologist%20and%20Personnel%20preparing%20for%20Waterfowl%20Surveys.USFWS_.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=pHQH36lQ)
Migratory Species
Migratory Species
![Survey aircraft parked on a lake](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Planeonwater.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=PPcwN8qW)
Migratory Species
![2 people standing in front of an airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/stinson-left-koneff-n769-goose-bay-labrador-may29-uncrop.jpg?h=f6963184&itok=NroXeAiS)
Migratory Species
![View from an airplane of the sunrise over the landscape](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Sunriseoverwetlands.ReidViegut.UniversityofMissouri..jpg?h=08b866d1&itok=yeKrgqqC)
Migratory Species
![Greater sandhill cranes fill the land and air at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-01/GreaterSandhillCranesMonteVistaNWRCreditKateMiyamotoUSFWS.jpg?h=242cd5c8&itok=9Q_1c-AA)
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